GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: The term biodiversity refers to 1486 05b5cc662e4d2b4197774beac
5b5cc662e4d2b4197774beac- 1Range of genetic variation within a populationfalse
- 2Total number of different species within a habitatfalse
- 3Both A & Btrue
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 3. "Both A & B"
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Answer: C) Both A & B Explanation: The term biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it.
Q: How many weekends in a year? 1486 05b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d244
5b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d244- 152false
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Answer : 4. "104"
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Answer: D) 104 Explanation: In normal we have 104 Weekend Days. We know that a Each normal year has 365 days or 52 weeks plus one day, and each week has two weekend days, which means there are approximately 104 weekend days each year. Whereas in a leap year we have 366 days it adds one more day to the year. And what makes the change is the starting day of the year.
Q: Which color has the highest frequency? 1485 05b5cc6a7e4d2b4197774ce52
5b5cc6a7e4d2b4197774ce52- 1Violettrue
- 2Redfalse
- 3Indigofalse
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Answer : 1. "Violet"
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Answer: A) Violet Explanation: In VIBGYOR. It has colors ordered from highest to lowest frequency. Violet > Indigo > Blue > Green > Yellow > Orange > Red That says Violet has the highest frequency. We know, Speed of light = Frequency x Wavelength => As frequeny is inversely proportional to wavelength i.e, as frequwncy goes high wavelength goes down. So, the violet color has the highest frequency.
Q: A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, named Sana. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sana seven apples. Why? 1484 05b5cc669e4d2b4197774bf4b
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We know a proverb that An apple a day keeps the doctor away. To keep the doctor away from her, he gave seven apples, each apple a day.
Q: What looks back but cannot see? 1483 05b5cc636e4d2b4197774ba14
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Reflection is what which looks back but can't see.
Q: The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2:3. And that of the second to the third is 5:8, then the second number is: 1482 05b5cc6dfe4d2b4197774eae9
5b5cc6dfe4d2b4197774eae9- 130true
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Answer : 1. "30"
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Answer: A) 30 Explanation: Then, A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 5:8= (5 x 3/5) : (8 x 3/5) = 3:24/5A:B:C = 2:3:24/5= 10:15:24 => B = 98 x 15/49 = 30.
Q: What is the highest number of satellites that have been launched by the ISRO in 2017 on a single rocket ? 1479 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9d1
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9d1- 122false
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Answer : 4. "104"
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Answer: D) 104 Explanation: India’s space agency on Feb 15th, 2017 launched a record 104 satellites from a single rocket as it crossed another milestone in its low-cost space-exploration program. The satellites from seven countries were carried by the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on its 38th consecutive successful flight. On board was a 714kg satellite for earth observation and more than 100 smaller satellites weighing less than 10kg each. Three were Indian-owned, 96 were from US companies, and the rest belonged to companies based in Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Most were owned by Planet Labs Inc, a US-based Earth-imaging company.
Q: What lives in the winter dies in the summer? 1476 05b5cc672e4d2b4197774c077
5b5cc672e4d2b4197774c077- 1Plantsfalse
- 2Animalsfalse
- 3Icycletrue
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 3. "Icycle"
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Answer: C) Icycle Explanation: An icycle, a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water forms due to cool in winter and dies in summer due to hot.

